Why not enjoy Mamma Ciccia's dishes while enjoying a sunset over the lake or in the comfort of your own home?

Dinner on board

For those who want to admire the beauty of our lake close up "Mamma Ciccia" provides, in summer, a catering service on board "Zaira... non rompere", our family sail boat, for small groups of friends.

You can choose from four types of menu: lake fish, sea fish, meat or vegetarian. We can propose excellent wines selected to accompany your menu, or you may make your own selection from our wine cellar. The choice of menu must be confirmed at least two days in advance to allow the organisation and preparation. Dinner is provided during the navigation to the central part of the Lake (weather conditions permitting).

The departure is scheduled at 19.00 approx. and return at approx. 23.00 hrs.

Aperitif on board

It is also possible to organise an aperitif on board of "Zaira... non rompere", lasting about an hour and with exclusive use of the sail boat, to enjoy the sunset on the lake while enjoying the appetisers prepared by "Mamma Ciccia" accompanied by a good glass of wine.

Costs for the aperitif at sunset:aperitif for 2: Euro 45,00/person aperitif for 4: Euro 40,00/person aperitif for 6: Euro 35,00/person

For both aperitifs and dinners, please notify us in advance of any food intolerance and/or restrictions.

Catering

Cooking is fantasy and passion, even outside the dining room of our restaurant. "Mamma Ciccia" offers delicious buffets capable of satisfying every need for business meetings or private parties:

- Coffee break and business lunch

- Small buffets set up at your company or office for a relaxing and tasty (but light!) break during business meetings.

- Catering for events We propose settings and flavours that must meet everyone's taste, while seeking to interpret the theme of the occasion in the best possible way.

- Ceremonies and private parties We organise the refreshment for your special day: we will prepare the menu in advance and you only have to take care of your guests!

Curiosity: why "Zaira... non rompere"?

Our boat

The sailing boat on which we organise dinners and aperitifs was designed at the end of the 70s by the architect Ezio Fasoli, father-in-law of Silvia, a great enthusiast of sailing as well as mountaineering.

It is the family boat, conceived, designed and built in wood piece by piece by the architect Ezio and his children: a sort of additional to the family. Zaira is Ezio's wife and the boat was dedicated to her, but not without that vein of nice irony that characterised her designer: so much so as to add to the name Zaira three dots of suspension and the exclamation "do not break" (could be translated as “don’t pester”), since Zaira herself suggested a different name to her husband every day for the boat that would become part of the family.

Our Café-Bistrot

To give a simpler, more dynamic, faster offer, "Mamma Ciccia" also becomes Café-Bistrot: a place in Mandello del Lario where you can enjoy an aperitif with friends, a quick lunch, a pinsa (a type of pizza) or even a simple coffee in the piazza near the characteristic port of "Riva Granda".